All Kentuckians are mandated reporters. If you believe a child is being abused or neglected, call the Child Protection Hotline.
For contact information in other states, please visit our Report It page.
Child help: National Abuse Hotline:
1-800-4-CHILD
or 1-800-422-4453
By Ben Gies, Policy and Advocacy Director and former Kentucky educator With the beginning of another school year, and now in month six of the pandemic, advocates continue to express concern for the mental, physical, and emotional health of children. Many children began the new school year with a return to online...
Tips to Make Virtual Learning a Success (or Less Stressed!) By Tina Agonva The new normal includes navigating virtual learning. If you’re like me and most families in Kentucky, this is our reality right now. There’s likely some confusion with technology and chances are your feelings and behaviors are being seen and...
By Patricia Tennen, Kentucky Youth Advocates Governor Beshear recently announced a request to school districts to delay opening for in-person classes until the end of September. While many of us are accustomed to uncertainty these days, it put a new urgency on many parents to figure out viable child care options....
By Jessie Whitish Informal poll: How would you rank your COVID-related stress level on a scale from 1 to 5? As we approach the five-month-mark of our family retreating home due to COVID-19, I’m at about 7.5 Case numbers are higher now than they were five months ago. Any novelty of working from...
By Tammy Donoho As the summer slowly slips away, parents and caregivers' thoughts turn like autumn leaves to back-to-school preparations. This year brings more uncertainty than usual. Some students will be learning from home, others will be in the classroom. Caregivers sending their children to school for traditional classroom instruction may...
Growing minds and bodies need constant stimulation to reach their full potential. Exposing kids to different environments, settings, and activities on a regular basis will often do the trick. Sad to say, this may not be possible all the time. There may be circumstances like disasters or inclement weather that...
Has anyone else felt themselves climbing a series of steep learning curves over the past few months? How a novel coronavirus is transmitted to humans. How to homeschool a child. How deep and destructive systemic racism is. Our brains have been challenged to take in, process, and take action on...
By Tammy Donoho, Kentucky Youth Advocates Congratulations parents, guardians, and caregivers! You made it! After homeschooling for months, you may be just as thrilled as your children that the school year is finally over. You might have thought it couldn’t be done, but you powered through! Get out the party hats,...
Living through the collective trauma of a global pandemic has tested the very nature of our well-being as a community. When you are unsure of what to expect next and fear for the safety of those you love, it is only natural to feel like life has become unstable in...
By Harper Kelly They’re all over social media and TV commercials – community heroes being recognized and honored for putting their own safety and health on the front lines for others. Every-day people that before these pandemic times, were doing exactly the same things they are doing now, but the epic...
